"I heard it, but I saw nothing.

It must have been a dog: no man could leap so high." "More like a wolf," said the first; "at the least, let us pray that it was not an Esedowan (1) who will put us into the hole in its back.

Is your fire ready, brother?
Wow! these wizards shall wake warm; the signal should be soon." (1) A fabulous animal, reported by the Zulus to carry off human beings in a hole in its back.
Then arose the sound of a great voice crying, "Awake, ye sleepers, the foe is at your gates!".